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Photograph inside a hall with cream walls, framed paintings, air conditioners and red-cushioned chairs stacked along the wall. Four young male performers in sequined sleeveless vests over dark or red clothing perform an acrobatic display on a glossy tiled floor. One performer is inverted in a handstand-like lift, feet raised high, while another supports him and a third stands with arms raised. A low table draped in orange cloth sits beside a purple-and-red striped mat. Seated spectators in white and red clothing line the edges, and gold lion-like ornaments and a gilded throne-style structure appear in the background.

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October 02 20142014-10-02A photograph of a children's acrobatic performance in a large hall with a tiled floor. Boys in black trousers and black sequined vests with red waist sashes perform a human pyramid; one boy is inverted on the head of another with legs extended upward, while a standing boy steadies them. Two performers balance on an orange cloth-draped block over a striped red and blue mat. Seated audience members in red and maroon clothing and white dress watch on the floor behind metal stanchions. A framed portrait of a deity hangs on the right wall. No a person candidate is visible.2014-10-02October 02 20142014-10-02October 02 20142014-10-02October 02 20142014-10-02November 10 20132013-11-10A photograph of a hall floor where young boys in black and red gymnastic uniforms perform handstands on their hands in a row, legs raised, while other boys in saffron-orange robes sit in the foreground with their backs to the camera and watch. Behind them, seated children in red and orange clothing and adults in white and cream kurtas and shirts observe from a red mat. Metal stanchions and a white tiled floor surround the performance area. An older bald man in white at the right edge is partly visible, clapping.2014-10-02Acrobatic performers in black costumes with red and sequinned vests and white face markings perform in a tiled hall. Several performers balance on hands and bend backward in arched poses, while a performer on the right stands on one foot with arms outstretched. Seated audience members in red and white clothing, including children in red robes, watch from the floor along the rows behind metal stanchions. A golden palanquin or ratha stands at the left, and framed pictures hang on the walls.2014-10-02A photograph of a human pyramid performed indoors on a blue mat in a hall with a red drape stage backdrop. Several shirtless young men in orange shorts and saffron-orange cloth build a multi-tier formation, with a boy at the top balanced on the shoulders of those below. Other men in orange and white kneel or stand at the edges of the mat, and a seated audience in white and orange sits on the left. A cameraperson in white stands near a tripod on the right, and a colourful striped cloth lies on the mat at the right edge.2017-08-13October 02 20142014-10-02A group of young boys in black tunics and red waist sashes perform acrobatic stunts on a polished white floor in a large hall. Several boys balance on their hands, one is inverted with legs raised, and another arches backward with a foot kicked up, some with red and black sequined vests. Behind a low rope barrier, seated spectators in red robes and white clothes watch, with gold horse statues and a gold palanquin-like structure at the left.2014-10-02Indoor photo of an acrobatic performance in a hall with tiled floor. Two young men in black trousers and sparkling embellished red-and-black vests stand on a striped purple-and-red cloth, lifting a third performer in black who is inverted, legs up, held between their hands. Behind them an orange-draped pedestal holds a stack of books. Seated devotees in red robes sit on red mats along the sides and back, watching. Framed portraits hang on the wall at the upper right, and a red-and-white banner appears in the background.2014-10-02